~ Week 4 Kitten Info ~
(This assumes you've been following the project and have already read everything up to Week 3)
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It's Week 4 and to be honest, we weren't expecting much this week, thinking that we'd have to wait until the Week 2/Week 3 kittens and Sammy/Poppy bred... However, we ended up getting a nice surprise: Poppy revealed her hidden mystery fur!
Let's get right to it - here are the stats of the new kitty:
? Week 4: Fur Mystery Solved!
Fur: Balinese - Blue Lynx
Eyes: Genesis Water (Shape: Curious | Pupil: Big)
Shade: Natural
Tail: Plush
Ears: Mysterious
Whiskers: Silver (Shape: Curious)
Size: Normal
MOM: Poppy
Fur: Genesis - Diamond III
Eyes: Genesis Water (Shape: Curious | Pupil: Big)
Shade: Natural
Tail: Genesis
Ears: Genesis
Whiskers: Silver (Shape: Guitar)
DAD: Ricky
Fur: Russian - Black
Eyes: Gerbera Purple (Shape: Mysterious | Pupil: Small)
Shade: Flair
Tail: Big Boo Boo
Ears: Soft Fold
Whiskers: White (Shape: Curious)
So we can now add to our list of discoveries: Poppy hides Balinese Blue Lynx fur! This is a great discovery, not only because it's a new fur, but we've been able to further narrow down the placement of Balinese Blue Lynx in the hierarchy of recessiveness.
Recall that Poppy and Ricky have given two kittens with Ricky's shown Russian Black fur. This indicated that those kittens received Poppy's hidden fur as their hidden fur trait. That hidden fur had to be Russian Black or something more recessive.
Recall also that Ricky hides Ocicat Ebony Silver. What has happened this week is that instead of the kitten receiving Dad's/Ricky's shown Russian Black, it received Dad's/Ricky's hidden Ocicat Ebony Silver fur trait. This is a very recessive fur, so when it came up against Mom's/Poppy's hidden fur trait, the Ebony became the kitten's hidden trait, and Mom's/Poppy's hidden fur became the kitten's shown fur trait. That's how we end up getting the Balinese Blue Lynx!
If we look at the notes at the bottom of Saga's Fur charts (
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B0_Wqb...iMDhm/edit) we can see that Balinese Blue Lynx is known to be dominant to Balinese Flame Lynx, and that's it.
We can now confirm that Balinese Blue Lynx is recessive to Russian Black: When it was matched up against Dad's/Ricky's Russian Black fur, the Balinese Blue Lynx hid behind the Russian Black. (We will confirm this further once the Week 2 and Week 3 kittens produce a Balinese Blue Lynx.)
This means we now have a more clearly defined range for Balinese Blue Lynx: Between the Balinese Flame Lynx and the Russian Black!
Note that when you discover important information about a trait's recessiveness, you should get a screen shot of the relevant pedigree(s) and pass them along with a notecard to Liriel Garnet so she can review them and update the charts if necessary! Your discoveries help all breeders!
That's the only new discovery this week, but what a good one! Not only did we find the fur, we found out a little bit more about where this newer fur fits into the charts!
Next week we'll be breeding Sammy with Poppy, and the Week 2 and Week 3 sibling kittens, and maybe we can learn more about those whiskers!
